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Beria

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Ber·i·a  (br-), Lavrenti Pavlovich 1899-1953.
Soviet secret police chief (1938-1953) during the regime of Joseph Stalin. In the power struggle following Stalin's death, Beria was convicted of conspiracy and executed.
Beria [ˈbɛrɪə (Russian) ˈbjerijə]
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(Biographies / Beria, Lavrenti Pavlovich (1899-1953) M, Russian, POLITICS: politician, CRIME AND POLICING: police chief) Lavrenti Pavlovich (laˈvrjentij ˈpavləvitʃ). 1899-1953, Soviet chief of secret police; killed by his associates shortly after Stalin's death
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Noun1.Beria - Soviet chief of secret police under Joseph Stalin; was executed by his associates in the power struggle following Stalin's death (1899-1953)
Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria


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For a brief period at the very end of the Soviet era, a dozen years ago, Moscow's public debates were dominated by fresh discoveries about the darkest aspects of the Soviet era and by loud cries of "never again" For an even briefer moment, it seemed as though these revelations had terminally discredited both the individuals (Stalin, Beria, and the likes of Nikishov) and the institutions (such as the Communist Party and the secret police) which had practiced repression on such a titanic scale.
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